William Rufus Terrill (Virginia, U.S.A. soldier )
b. 1834-04-21 d. 1862-10-08
Virginia, U.S.A. soldier. Covington, Virginia native. Son of William H. Terrill and Elizabeth Pitzer Terrill. Married to Emily Henry Terrill. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1853. Assistant professor of mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy from 1853 to 1854. Served in the U.S. Artillery from 1853 to 1861. Served in the 5th U.S. Regular Artillery Regiment as captain from August 14, 1861 to September 1862. Served in the Union Army as brigadier general of volunteers from September 9, 1862 to October 8, 1862.
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Bibliography
Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. VI (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889), p. 65.
Stuart W. Sanders, “William R. Terrill (1834-1862),” in Encyclopedia Virginia, https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Terrill WilliamR 1834-1862#startentry (accessed December 20, 2018).
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Terrill, William Rufus. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205824 (November 12, 2026).
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